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Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, L. M.
¥19.52
The first of a series of Montgomery's novels written about Anne Shirley.The story is about Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert who are siblings and live on Prince Edward Island. They wanted to adopt a boy to help on the farm but ended up with Anne.After a precocious start she settles down and shines in her studies, the book follows her adventures and has a melancholy twist at the end.
St George's Cross
St George's Cross
Keene, H. G.
¥19.52
A fantastic 'episode of Channel Island history' written by Guernsey based author H. G. Keene.
Adventures of a Special Correspondent
Adventures of a Special Correspondent
Verne, Jules
¥19.52
A fantastic classic adventure novel by the master of the genre Jules Verne. The reporter Claudius Bombarnac is sent to Asia by the journal "e;The Twentieth Century"e; to report on the new Grand Transasiatic Railway.
101 Amazing Rolling Stones Facts
101 Amazing Rolling Stones Facts
Goldstein, Jack
¥19.52
Are you the world's biggest Rolling Stones fan? Do you know everything there is to know about the eternal rockers? Then this is the book for you! In this easy-to-digest eBook are 101 facts about your favourite band - do you know all of them?Test yourself and your friends with these handily-packaged facts easily organised into categories for maximum enjoyment. Sections include their music, individual members, and some crazy facts about the band!Whether your favourite song is Brown Sugar, Get Off of My Cloud or You Can't Always Get What You Want, this fantastic eBook is full of great fun facts for you.
Lisa
Lisa
Berry, Ian
¥19.52
Lisa is a girl with a quite well-developed extra-sensory power - she can levitate herself. Not to put too fine a point on it, she can fly. Thinking herself more or less unique, she is amazed to find another girl with the same power - Jody. Needless to say, they quickly become friends - best friends. Together they develop their ESP powers, discovering telepathy, telekinesis and others. This leads them into several adventures, and to finding a third member of their group - Holly. The three girls form a small band of problem solvers, getting involved with the government, the armed forces and others. This has them travelling the world and being shot at - among other things. This is her story, from her point of view.
Jody
Jody
Berry, Ian
¥19.52
Jody, like Lisa and Holly, has extremely well developed ESP powers. This allows her to levitate herself (flying sounds much better), speak to the others mind to mind - telepathy - and more. Their powers grow almost by the day, they discover more and more things they didn't know they could do - until now. The three girls call themselves the Angels and spend most of their spare time when not at school (and sometimes when that's where they should be) using their powers to fix things for people such as the Ministry of Defence. Want a broken nuclear submarine fixing? Call for the Angels. Want a member of the Royal Family protecting? Call for the Angels. This part of the saga is told by Jody herself, taking over from Lisa in the writing things down department.
Doctor Who Quiz Book
Doctor Who Quiz Book
Andrews, Paul
¥19.52
How well do you know Doctor Who? This Quiz book will test even the most avid fan, with questions that span all eleven incarnations of the Doctor, his companions and enemies! Test yourself and your friends with this Doctor Who Quiz Book.
James Bond 50th Anniversary Quiz Book
James Bond 50th Anniversary Quiz Book
Dugdale, Mike
¥19.52
The James Bond Quiz Book is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering the last 50 years of Bond, including the latest film - Skyfall! As a fun family game it will separate the Goldfinger's from the Oddjob's, the Scaramanga's from the Nick-Nack's, and is a fantastic way to enjoy Bond even more.
Doll's House
Doll's House
Ibsen, Henrik
¥19.52
Henrik Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' is often seen as the first true feminist play. At the time it was first published it was very controversial due to its portrayal of marriage.A historically important work, this play is the first English translation of the original Norwegian text. A play in three acts.
101 Amazing Facts about Wales
101 Amazing Facts about Wales
Goldstein, Jack
¥19.52
In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Wales. Separated into sections such as its history, information about its capital, famous Welsh figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting Wales, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your bookshelf. Find the information you need, fast!
Dr Wortle's School
Dr Wortle's School
Trollope, Anthony
¥19.52
Anthony Trollope's classic novel of scandal in Victorian England was his 40th published book.
Rebel King
Rebel King
Osborne, Dale
¥19.52
Edward, cousin to Steven, the true king of Travia, has attempted to usurp the crown and the two armies are at war. Jed Stone, a simple farmhand, conscripted into Steven's army, is severely wounded in the first indecisive battle. But two bowmen, Kit and Thomas, nurse him back to health and a loose friendship develops between them.In the north of the country, Steven's ally, the First Lord Dragar, is murdered, leaving his young son to raise the army needed to help the struggling king. At first, things seem straightforward, but a plot of cunning and deceit is slowly revealed and the shocking outcome is destined to shatter the young lord's faith in all he knows and understands. An arrogant young lord, Geoffrey Averly, has set his mind on marrying the beautiful seventeen-year-old Lady Mirel Haflan, whose father was killed in the disastrous battle. Her brother, the new and cruel-minded Lord Marcus Haflan, agrees to the union which her father would have deplored. Rather than face her dire fate, Mirel and her maid flee, in search of an invalidation of the contract from the rebel king, Edward. But Geoffrey sets a vast reward for anyone returning the two women - and they fall into the hands of the three bowmen, Kit, Thomas and Jed. Edward decides to seek allies of his own from across the sea, but covetous eyes already watch the unfolding saga, with plans that do not bode well for the future . . .
Mudfog and Other Sketches
Mudfog and Other Sketches
Dickens, Charles
¥19.52
Charles Dickens' series of funny sketches about the fictional 'Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything', a parody of the real-life British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
Barrow, Sir John
¥19.52
Sir John Barrow's classic account of the famous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. Barrow critically analyses the evidence of the events taken from the original documents, such as the ship's logs.
Riddle of the Sands
Riddle of the Sands
Childers, Robert Erskine
¥19.52
One of the earliest spy thriller novels, The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service was written in 1903 by Irish author Robert Erskine Childers. Charles Carruthers, a minor British Foreign Office official, is recruited by an acquaintance to a top secret mission to foil a German invasion plan. The book was somewhat prescient, being published a decade before the outbreak of the First World War.
Myth and Science
Myth and Science
Vignoli, Tito
¥19.52
A fascinating look at the inter-relationship between science and mythology, taken from the text of the 1885 work by Italian philosopher Tito Vignoli.
Study in Scarlet
Study in Scarlet
Conan Doyle, Arthur
¥19.52
The very first appearance of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. A secret society in London led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any deceased members and splits them between the remaining members. When members begin dropping like flies, Holmes is approached by the widow of James Murphy's after she is left penniless following his death. And so Holmes' investigation begins.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
Eliot, George
¥19.52
A fantastic dramatic novel by English novelist, journalist and translator Mary Anne Evens, better known by her pen name of George Eliot. One of her most sophisticated and subtle treatments of her own attitude to religion, this is a prime example of her trademark realism style.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
¥19.52
Fyodor Dostoyevsky's short novel Notes from Underground is considered the world's first existentialist novel. Originally published in 1864 (this English translation was first published in 1918), it is presented as the memoirs of an unnamed narrator, a retired civil servant living in St Petersburg, whose rambling stories and insights are a deep existentialist attack on emerging Western philosophies.
Old St Paul's
Old St Paul's
Ainsworth, William Harrison
¥19.52
A fantastic classic novel set during the events of the Great Plague and Great Fire of London in 1665-1666.
Old Christmas
Old Christmas
Washington Irving, Washington
¥19.52
A fantastic festive tale by American author, essayist, biographer and historian Washington Irving.